Survey: Rapes not investigated at 2 in 5 colleges WASHINGTON (AP) — A survey of colleges and universities finds a lack of coordination between many campuses and local law enforcement in handling sexual assaults, and that many schools have gone years without investigating such cases. About 40 percent of colleges and universities reported not having conducted a sexual assault investigation in the past five years, including 6 percent of the nation's largest public institutions. More than 20 perc...

At 116, Arkansas woman named oldest American LITTLE ROCK (AP) — A south Arkansas woman celebrated her 116th birthday Friday with cake, a party and a new title — she's now officially the oldest confirmed living American and second-oldest person in the world, the Gerontology Research Group said. Gertrude Weaver spent her birthday at home at Silver Oaks Health and Rehabilitation in Camden, about 100 miles southwest of Little Rock. This year's festivities included the new award from the Gero...

Man questioned in New Orleans shooting NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A man identified by Louisiana police as a "person of interest" in connection with a weekend shooting in New Orleans turned himself in to police Wednesday and was jailed on unrelated charges. Nola.com http://bit.ly/1rlMt51 and WVUE TV http://bit.ly/TEhOkL reported that 20-year-old Justin Odom was booked into the Jefferson Parish jail on shoplifting and traffic-related charges. Odom had an attorney with him as he was interview...

Warrant: Man did Web search on kids dying in cars ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia man charged with murder after his 22-month-old son died in a hot SUV searched online for information about kids dying in cars and told police he feared it could happen, according to documents released Saturday as the boy's family held his funeral in Alabama. The warrants released by the Cobb County Police Department provide more insight into the investigation of Cooper Harris' death on June 18. Justin Ross Harris, 33, ...

US seizes Benghazi suspect in deadly Libya attack WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. special forces seized a "key leader" of the deadly Benghazi, Libya, attack and he is on his way to face trial in the U.S. for the fiery assault that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans, the Obama administration announced Tuesday. It was the first breakthrough in the sudden overseas violence in 2012 that has become a festering political sore at home. President Barack Obama said the capture on Sunday of Ah...

Man tried to toss drug-filled football into prison JACKSON, Mich. (AP) — Michigan authorities say a man tried to throw a football loaded with drugs and cellphones into the yard of a state prison. State Trooper Toby Baker says Sunday's throw in Jackson fell short, with the football landing between two fences and not in the yard where prisoners exercise. An officer at the G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility saw the throw the football, and officers arrested the suspect. The Detroit Free Press ...

Father, son lead Army unit 4 decades apart FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) — Like many soldiers, Lt. Col. Patrick Harkins has a veteran father who knows firsthand the stress of wartime deployments. One big difference is that Harkins' dad led the very same unit of paratroopers known as the Iron Rakkasans into combat decades earlier. While the military has long had family legacies — and featured them prominently in Father's Day celebrations — the Harkins' achievements stand out. Capt. Charles Em...

Nuclear industry explores accident-resistant fuel ATLANTA (AP) — The explosions that damaged a crippled Japanese nuclear plant during a disaster that forced mass evacuations in 2011 show what can happen when nuclear fuel overheats. In response to the Fukushima Dai-ichi accident, the U.S. government dramatically increased funding to develop tougher protective skins for nuclear fuel, hoping to spur innovation in designs that hadn't changed much in years. While the U.S. Department of Energy was ...

Meth pours into Central California as liquid FRESNO, Calif. (AP) â In methamphetamine's seedy underworld, traffickers are disguising the drug as a liquid to smuggle it into the United States from Mexico. Dissolved in a solution, it's sealed in tequila bottles or plastic detergent containers to fool border agents and traffic officers. Once deep in California's Central Valley, a national distribution hub, meth cooks convert it into crystals â the most sought-after form on the street. Tough...

Obituaries: Wayne WyattWayne Bruce Wyatt, 76, of Sherwood died Wednesday, June 11, 2014, at St. Vincent Infirmary in Little Rock. He was born Oct. 16, 1937, in Jackson County to James Otto and Lou Pitts Wyatt. He was a U.S. Army veteran, a member of Dover Church of Christ and retired from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). He was preceded in death by his parents; two sons, James Curtis and Christopher Wayne; six brothers and two sisters. Survivors include hi...

Poet Maya Angelou remembered for wisdom, clarity WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Maya Angelou liked to say that people will forget what you said or did in your life, but they will never forget how you made them feel. Former President Bill Clinton, first lady Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey said Saturday they were among the millions touched by Angelou's wisdom when they needed help to rise. Family and friends, both famous and anonymous, gathered Saturday to remember one of the 20th century's most...

Police: College student disarmed Seattle gunman SEATTLE (AP) — A lone gunman armed with a shotgun and knife opened fire Thursday in a building at a small Seattle university, fatally wounding one person before a student subdued him with pepper spray as he tried to reload, police said. A student building monitor at Seattle Pacific University disarmed the gunman after he entered the foyer at Otto Miller Hall, and several other students jumped on top of him and pinned him down until police offi...

Official: Recovering fallen climbers too dangerousMOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. (AP) — Rescuers likely know the final resting place of six climbers who set out last week to attempt one of the most technical and physically grueling routes to the peak of Mount Rainier in Washington state. But the danger of recovering the bodies of the two guides and four climbers believed to have fallen 3,300 feet from their last known location is too great, park officials say. "People are very understandi...

Shinseki resigns amid vets' health care problems WASHINGTON (AP) — Beset by growing evidence of patient delays and cover-ups, embattled Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki resigned from President Barack Obama's Cabinet Friday, taking the blame for what he decried as a "lack of integrity" in the sprawling health care system for the nation's military veterans. Obama, under mounting pressure to act from fellow Democrats who are worried about political fallout in the fall elections, praised...

Poet, author Maya Angelou dies at 86NEW YORK — Maya Angelou was gratified, but not surprised by her extraordinary fortune. "I'm not modest," she told The Associated Press in 2013. "I have no modesty. Modesty is a learned behavior. But I do pray for humility, because humility comes from the inside out." Her story awed millions. The young single mother who performed at strip clubs to earn a living later danced and sang on stages around the world. A black woman born poor wrote and ...

Rampage mirrors threats made on YouTube video GOLETA, Calif. (AP) — The gunman fired for 10 minutes in streets filled with university students walking, biking and skateboarding in the beach community near Santa Barbara, picking off people one by one in a deadly rampage that chillingly mirrored threats made on a YouTube video posted that same night. Seven people were killed in all, including the shooter. A Hollywood director believes his son was the lone gunman found dead behind the wheel ...

Police: Woman found 10 years after kidnapping SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A woman who disappeared as a teenager a decade ago was reunited with her family after she went to police and told them her mother's ex-boyfriend drugged and kidnapped her in 2004, forced her to marry him and fathered her child. Isidro Garcia, 41, of Bell Gardens, was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping for rape, lewd acts with a minor and false imprisonment, the Santa Ana Police Department said. Police described a deca...

McConnell wins GOP Ky. primary; Nunn for Ga. Dems WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell dispatched his tea party challenger with ease Tuesday night, and Democrats turned to two women, Alison Lundergan Grimes to oppose him in Kentucky and Michelle Nunn to fight for Georgia, in elections next fall with control of the Senate at stake. Setting up a third high-profile race, Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor of Arkansas and his Republican challenger, Rep. Tom Cotton, were unopposed fo...

Arrest in fatal stabbing near Little League field BABYLON, N.Y. (AP) — A man is charged with manslaughter after a fatal stabbing near a Little League field where kids were playing on New York's Long Island. Suffolk County police said a fight broke out Saturday between two men in Babylon. WABC-TV reports that one of the men interrupted the game to tell people he was hurt. He died at a hospital a short time later. Police said a witness alerted an off-duty officer and the officer and bystanders ...

Twisters rouse interest in shelters, safe rooms OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Last year's tornado season wasn't the worst in Oklahoma history, either in the number of twisters or the number of lives taken. But the deadly barrage that killed more than 30 people scared Oklahomans in a way that previous storms had not, moving them to add tornado shelters or reinforced safe rooms to their homes. There's just one problem: The surge of interest in tornado safety has overwhelmed companies that build the sh...